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Bloomberg:
Adidas Finally Ends Ye Partnership After String of Controversies  —  Adidas AG is ending its partnership with Ye following a rash of offensive behavior from the rapper and designer that turned a once-thriving shoe brand into a lightning rod for criticism.  —  The German sports company …
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New York Times:
Adidas Ends Partnership with Kanye West  —  The German sportswear giant is the latest company to cut ties with the rapper and designer after his recent antisemitic outbursts and other provocations.  —  Adidas said on Tuesday that it is cutting ties with Kanye West, ending …
Jaclyn Peiser / Washington Post:
Adidas ends massive deal with Kanye West after antisemitism controversy  —  Yeezy accounts for an estimated 10 percent of the company's annual revenue  —  Adidas has cut ties with Ye, the musician and fashion designer formerly known as Kanye West, marking the end of a partnership …
CBS News:
CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: Pennsylvania Senate contest narrows  —  The party bases are consolidating around their candidates in the Pennsylvania Senate race, now a toss-up contest with Lt. Gov. John Fetterman ahead by two points heading into their debate Tuesday night.  He led by five points a month ago.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
If These Poll Results Keep Up, Expect Anything on Election Night  —  The current range of numbers could translate to a Democratic hold in the Senate, or an overall Republican rout.  —  To this point, this year's midterm campaign has been about one big question: Can Democrats defy political gravity …
Discussion: CNN
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP pours $6M more into Pa. Senate race
Greg Wilson / The Daily Wire:
Exclusive Trafalgar/Daily Wire Poll Has Georgia Dems Seeing Red As Walker, Kemp Surge
Washington Post:
Mercenary chief vented to Putin over Ukraine war bungling  —  Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the Russian tycoon behind the mercenary group Wagner, personally told Putin that his military chiefs are mismanaging the war, U.S. officials said  —  The confidant who vented to Russian President Vladimir Putin recently …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Washington Post:
Ukrainian forces advance against Russian fighters in Kherson and Bakhmut  —  Ukrainian forces continued their advance against the Russian military in the southern Kherson region Tuesday, pushed back Russian mercenaries from Bakhmut in eastern Donetsk, and gained new momentum in Luhansk …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Ukraine's FM criticizes Israeli politicians who boasted about friendships with Putin
Discussion: National Review and CNSNews
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter dead at 68, family says  —  Ash Carter served as defense secretary under former President Barack Obama  —  Fox News Flash top headlines for October 25  —  Former U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who served in the post under President Barack Obama, has died at 68, his family announced Tuesday.
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Clay Risen / New York Times:
Ashton B. Carter, Defense Secretary Under Obama, Dies at 68
Discussion: CBS News
Tara Copp / Associated Press:
Ash Carter, defense chief who opened jobs to women, dies
Harvard Kennedy School:
The passing of Ash Carter
Discussion: Politico, UPI and CBS News
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Republican Campaigns Seize on Crime, Racism Becomes a New Battlefront  —  Running ads portraying Black candidates as soft on crime — or as “different” or “dangerous” — Republicans have shed quiet defenses of such tactics for unabashed defiance.  —  As Republicans seize on crime …
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Pressure Trump Aides to Testify in Documents Case  —  The Justice Department's effort to win the witnesses' cooperation shows how the investigation stemming from the classified materials found at Mar-a-Lago is entering a new phase.  —  Federal prosecutors investigating former …
Geoffrey Skelley / FiveThirtyEight:
You're Not Imagining It: There Are Fewer Polls This Cycle  —  “The polls are in crisis.  Polling is dead.”  We heard variations on this theme after somewhat larger-than-average polling errors in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections.  The reality, though, is that polls are still quite important …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Yeah, Ted Cruz's book doesn't show any voter fraud  —  This does not come as a surprise.  —  For a guy looking to sell a book to a right-wing audience, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) couldn't have landed a much better spot than his interview with Fox News's Mark Levin on Sunday.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Health teacher killed in south St. Louis school shooting ‘loved her students’  —  ST. LOUIS — The woman shot to death at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School on Monday has been identified as Jean Kuczka, a physical education teacher at the south St. Louis school.
New York Times:
Russian Court Upholds Brittney Griner's 9-Year Sentence … The ruling adds to pressure on the U.S. to negotiate Griner's release.  —  A Russian court on Tuesday upheld the American basketball star Brittney Griner's sentence on drug smuggling charges, clearing the way for her to serve nine years …
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NBC News:
Russian court denies Brittney Griner's appeal of 9-year prison sentence
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
New York's Governor's Race Is Suddenly Too Close for Democrats' Comfort  —  Tightening polls, fears about crime and apathy in their base are driving a wave of Democratic hand-wringing and a pivot by Gov. Kathy Hochul.  —  For months, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York has trusted …
Discussion: Fox News, CNN and City & State New York
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
House Progressives Float Diplomatic Path Toward Ending War in Ukraine, Get Annihilated, Quickly “Clarify” … On Monday morning, 30 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus sent a letter to the White House that attempted to gingerly open a conversation about a potential diplomatic end to Russia's war on Ukraine.
Zachary Leeman / Mediaite:
Hillary Clinton Claims ‘Right Wing Extremists’ Already Have a Plan to ‘Literally Steal the Next Presidential Election’  —  The midterm elections may be only days away, but Hillary Clinton is sounding the alarm on the 2024 presidential election, claiming “right wing extremists” …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Jon Stewart Confronts Arizona AG on Trump's ‘Stolen’ Election Claims  —  “Why can't you say that the election in 2020 was not stolen or fraudulent?”  Stewart asks Mark Brnovich in this exclusive clip from his Apple TV+ show.  —  Earlier this month, Jon Stewart went unexpectedly viral …
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Raw Story
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Penn State Cancels Event by Proud Boys Founder, Citing Threat of Violence  —  The university's president said that the event had been canceled in the interests of public safety, after a peaceful protest against it turned violent.  —  Pennsylvania State University canceled a planned comedy event …
Discussion: , NPR, LGBTQ Nation, WHTM-TV and The Hill
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
SPAC Tied to Trump Media Says Early Talks Were Not ‘Substantive’  —  Lawyers for Digital World recently told regulators that the SPAC had not violated any rules by talking to Trump Media before going public.  —  For nearly a year, regulators have been examining whether a proposed merger involving …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The President Slowly Deteriorates Before Our Eyes  —  In the past two weeks or so, President Biden has...  - insisted that the economy is “strong as hell” (it isn't, even The Nation is begging him to stop bragging about how great the economy is doing)  — off-the-cuff claimed that the situation …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Home Polls Bolduc Gains on Hassan in US Senate Election  —  Gov. Sununu Maintains Double Digit Lead  —  Since September, Bolduc has gained five points and Hassan has lost three  —  The latest Emerson College Polling/WHDH 7 News survey …
Morgan Chalfant / Semafor:
House Republicans have major plans for China  —  Morgan covers politics and national security for Semafor.  Sign up for the daily Principals newsletter to get our insider's guide to American power.  —  House Republicans are plotting an expansive anti-China agenda if they take power next year …
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:
The Desecrations of Michael Flynn  —  Former national-security adviser Michael Flynn is fusing deranged political ideas with a mangled version of Jesus's teachings.  —  A prayer at a “ReAwaken America” event in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a few days ago, at which Michael Flynn appeared …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
Social Security whistleblowers say they were sidelined for exposing fines  —  Two senior attorneys drew attention to a program leveling massive, unprecedented fees on poor and elderly people.  —  Two senior Social Security officials who exposed massive, unprecedented fines imposed on disabled …
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Biden is totally going to run again  —  After my interview with President Biden aired on MSNBC over the weekend, I got the same question over and over again: How is he?  —  Each time, it was asked in that skittish way one speaks when inquiring about someone they fear is in decline.  Folks, listen to me.
 
 
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Perla Trevizo / The Texas Tribune:
Greg Abbott ran as a small-government conservative. But the governor's office now has more power than ever.
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